how do  you know that  george and lennie have known each other for a long time?
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Already in the first chapter, you start thinking that they might have known eachother for a long time. When George and Lennie arrives at e new place together, everyone starts to wonder; what is a guy like George doing hanging around someone like Lennie? What’s in it for George?
There has to be a reason for that, and I think they have such a close relationship because they have known eachother for a very long time. It’s quite possible that George saw himself obliged and forced to take care of Lennie when they were younger, because at this time in USA (1920′s-30′s),

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John Steinbeck

1. The novel that won the Pulitzer Prize was The Grapes of Wrath.

2. John Steinbeck was born on February 27th 1902 in Salinas Valley, California.

3. East of Eden, Of Mice and Men and Viva Zapata were some of Steinbeks books that were made into films.

4. He wrote the book Of Mice and Men in 1937.

5. During the Second World War, Steinbeck served as a war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune. He continued to work, writing books and manusscripts.

6. In 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson awaded Steinbeck the United States Medal of Freedom.

7. John Steinbecks museum is called the National Steinbeck Center.

8. He was 66 years old when he died in 1968.

9.  In Steinbeck’s novel The Moon Is Down, it was assumed that the story took place in Norway, evolving around the Norwegian Resistance Movement. He later received Haakon VII Medal of Freedom for his contributions to the movement.

10. The two main characters in Of Mice and Men are Lennie and George. Lennie is a big guy and a very good worker, but he’s also mentally disable and is very dependant on George. George is a much smaller guy than Lenny, and he’s the smart one. Without him, Lennie wouldn’t manage. They have both got something the other one need. Together they travel from ranch to ranch trying to find a job so they can earn money.
The book tells us how these two men try to pursue their dream of owning their own ranch instead of working always for other people.

Caught In A Vicious Circle

Question 1:    Write a list of all the characters in this story and describe what type of person they are.

Elaine – I think Elaine is a very good person. At least that is the impression I get after reading the story. Unfortunately, she hangs around the wrong kind of people, people who have a bad influence on her. She allowes Cordelia to order her around and she does everything Cordelia asks her to do, even if she does not really want to do it. I will say that she is the one caught in a vicious circle.
Cordelia – She’s the bitch in the story. She bosses everyone around and treat them like they’re worth nothing more than dirt. This is the only way she can keep her “friends”, and that’s why she keeps telling them exactly what to do all the time.

Carol – I got an impression of her being very bossy as well, just like Cordelia, but not as bad of course. I think she’s tjhe best of the girls, because she soes not take as much crap from Cordelia as Elaine does. She is much more grown-up and cares about things in a rather serious way.

Grace – Grace mostly just follows Cordelia’s lead. She does not seem like she can stand up for herself, and does whatever Cordelia wants her to do. She does not have her own opinions either, and think the same as her leader

Question 2:    What is the theme of this story?  What is the author trying to get across to the reader?

Question 3:    What did you like/dislike about this story, please be specific!

Essay Question – Huck Finn

Question #5

In the story of Huckleberry Finn and his adventure, you  come across a lot of things as a reader.
The most noticable monument in the story, is the river. The Mississippi River. It plays a big part in the story, and I believe it was the key to everything, and most importantly, Huck’s key to freedom. The river provides a special sort of freedom for Huck and his along-side runaway partner Jim.
Early on, they are destant that the only way to get away from their faithful, real lives, is to let the river be their only rescue.
Who wouldn’t feel free as a bird travelling down Mississippi River without any sort of comitments, not really knowing where you’re going, but still be so sure that it’s the right thing to do.
The travel down Mississippi River, is like a  travel  towards freedom for Huck and Jim.
And it did set them free, didn’t it?

Mark Twain

Mark Twains real name was Samuel Langhorne Clements.

He was born on November 30th 1835, the same night Halley’s Comet came.

Clements loved cats

He called his dogs I Know, You Know and Don’t Know.

Mr. Twain went bankrupt in 1894.

He hated going to school

Mark often ran away from home when he was young.¨

He thought he would die with Halley’s comet since he was born when it came, and he was right.

To pay off debts accumulated as a result of failed business ventures, Twain toured the world as a lecturer, publishing his experiences in Following the Equator (1897).

 Mark Twain published more than 30 books throughtout his carreer.

Death In the Barn

I think that Lennie is a very caring, sensitive, loving guy who only wants to help others. I think he is disappointed of himself when he loses his temper, and he never means any harm.
He clearly regrets it every time he does something he know was wrong. Lennie has got, after my opinion, major problems and has to learn how to control his strength. He needs to transferee his bad energy to good enrgy and use it to help people who need his help.
Curly and his wife need to tell him that he is a good person, no matter what he does right or wrong. That way, it will be easier for him to control himself.

Pinocchio the Hulk^^A True Story

Once upon a time there was an old cobbler named Gepetto who really wanted a son. He also loved his job, and every furniture he owned, was hand-made. Gepetto decided to make a wooden puppet and named him Pinocchio, since that was a “lucky” name.
One night he wished upon a star that his puppet was a live and became the son he never had.  Little did he know that his wish was to be granted the very next morning. You could only imagine the look on his face when he found his puppet dancing on the table and singing through his wooden mouth.
The next day, Pinocchio was sent away to school for the first time, hoping to be as good as all of the other students. On his way to school, he met a fox and a cat. They offered him to join a puppet-theater, and ignorant as he was, he tagged along.
But he did not like the theater so well, and was forced to do things he did not want to.
When he was not performing, he had to stay in a cage the whole day. Slowly, this built up Pinocchios anger, and not in a healthy way. One morning when his boss, Stromboli, came to get him for his next show, he was met a horrendous and terrifying sight. Pinocchio had broke out of his cage and everything in the room was torn down and smashed. People outside were screaming and running around. The once so innocent and sweet puppet had now turned into a huge wooden-monster. After a while, it seemed like he was starting to calm down, and soon he was back to being little again. He was put in his cage once again.  Pinocchio continued to burst into a monster night after night after night, but he never seemed to do this during the shows.  One time when he was performing, he got so angry that his muscles grew to  enormous proportions, and he was now bigger than ever.
Just when he was about to tear down the theater-tent, a familiar face caught his eye. In the audience, he could see Gepetto! Pinocchio froze and slowly his body was reduced and gone back to normal size. Gepetto ran out to him and asked him what he was doing here. Pinocchio told him the whole story, and after a while, they finally went home. No-one never took advantage of him ever again, and he and Gepetto lived happily ever after.

Prepositions

I was at the mall yesterday

My basketball was lying in the closet

The coffee can was hanging over the fireplace

A cat got stuck between the branches

You caught me going under the fence trying to escape

My toothbrush is in the bathroom

Have you been under my desk all the time?

I lay the book on the table, in case you forgot.

You can see the statue right beside that little store on the corner

It’s a lot hotter by the fire than over here.

Rich or Happy?

I think the more important thing is to be happy. If you’re happy and satisfied with your life, I think you would have more choises and more uppertunities in your life, and I think people would like you better as well. When you choose a profession, you should choose something you like to do, and not just because of the money.
If everything that matters to you is money, you ain’t got much of a happy life, and being happy with yourself, makes other people happy to, even without knowing it.

I was ill while doing this, so I did not write as much as I should. At least I wrote something.

What would happen if all clocks stopped??

When people hear that all the clocks have stopped, they will automatically associate it with the time stopping. Of course that is not true, but I think it would be very confusing!
Not only will we not be able to follow the rutines we’re used to, and since routines is a big part of our nature, things could, and will, go wrong.
For example if you’re supposed to wait for 10 minutes before you go to work, and you notice that your clock does not move,you might be late. But of course your boss will not notice since his clock has stopped to!
You’ll have no overview at all, and we would have to conciter beginning to use new tools and methods that will give us information on what time it is. If this was to happen, we would have to look back in time and see what people used for clocks when these convenient things we call clocks were not used.

I think the whole world would be caotic, messy and unorganized.
If you’re on a bus or a train, the time will not be shown on the wall-board and people will not know if they’re late.
I also think I would have a hard time getting up in the morning, because I would probably get up waaay to soon becase I would be so worried about being late for school, or I would be late because I overslept.
Except from the whole society breaking down, it could be pretty cool if all the clocks stopped to!:D
“I don’t know what time it is” or “my clock was showing the wrong time” are some of the most common, and stupid, excauses you can make up, but now you can actually use them and they would not sound stupid! hehe:)
And I wouldn’t have to get up so early in the morning either, becasue I do not know what time it is. Personally, I think sleeping is the best thing you can possibly do!
I can sleep for over 12 houres if I want to.
If all the clocks stopped, I could  sleep as long as I want to, and I do not have to show up at certain places when I’m supposed to. I could just ditch everything and not feel guilty about it. That would be just great! But I also think this way of living could be very boring after a while, thing would constantly crash, and it would not take long until we do not know what year or month we’re in.
If this happened, I would try to fix the clocks. And when I succeed, (’cause I know I will!), I will be a big hero and everybody will look up to me. That would be pretty OK. Haha…

Of course, this all depends on how long these stupid clocks decide to remain broken!  

Even Homer would be confused !